Shukhrat Babadjan

Thomas Baumgärtel

www.bananensprayer.deb. 1960, lives in Cologne. Studied 1984-1994 at the Universität Köln & Humaniversity Egmond aan Zee, Holland. Spray-painted his first banana in 1986. Has sprayed bananas since then on the most interesting art sites worldwide, including London, New York and Moscow.

Tine Benz

www.tinebenz.deb. 1969. Studied 1993-1999 at the UdK Berlin with Professor Georg Baselitz. 1997 Fellowship of the Chelsea College of Art, London.

Nathalie Daoust

www.newyorkhotelstory.com was born in Montreal, and studied photography at the Cegep du Vieux. 1997 College Degree (DEC) in Photographic Technique and Training "Tri-dimensional" technique with the photographer Martin Benoît. She lives in Montreal and New York and has discovered her love of Berlin through her work at the Luise. Since 1999 she has had several individual and group exhibitions in the USA, Canada, and in Europe. She has also won a number of competitions.

Goran Djurovic

b. 1952 in Belgrade, lives in Berlin. Studied 1975-80 at the HbK Dresden. Worked freelance from 1980 in East Berlin, after 1985 in West Berlin.

Dieter Finke

b. 1939, lives in Berlin and New York. Studied sculpture from 1959-1965 at the UdK Berlin with Paul Dierkes and Renée Sintenis. 1967, Georg-Kolbe-Preis. Gestorben 2011

Manfred Heckmann

www.mailkunst.com b. 1936, lives in Berlin. An autodidact who has traveled throughout the world, he lived as a pavement artist in Sweden or journeyed with Kurdish caravans through Iran. Antique dealer and settled artist since 1971.

Irene Hoppenberg

www.irenehoppenberg.de was born in 1951 in Sühlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. From 1979-1985 she earned her degree from the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich and in 2003 was the Artist in Residence in Solothurn, Switzerland. Since 1987 she has lived and worked as a painter and sculptor in Berlin. She has been featured in a diverse series of individual and group exhibitions since 1991.

Teresa Mar

www.teresamar.comborn 1973; lives in Barcelona and Vienna. 1987-1992 art-lessons by Vienna Art Academy Professor Frederike Grünke; 1992-1997 studied Political Science in Vienna and lived and worked in Tuscany/Italy in the Garden of Tarotcards of Nouveau Realist Niki de Saint-Phalle.

Hans van Meeuwen bei Galerie Deschler

b. 1959, lives in New York. Studied 1978-83 at the Royal Academy of Art and Design, NL. 1984-85, grants from the Dutch Ministry of Culture; 1987 "Prix de Rome", NL.

Heiner Meyer

Odin

www.art-ambulance.deb. 1954, lives in Berlin. Studied graphic design and photography in Krefeld; 1980-82 studied painting at the HdK Hamburg. Founder of the "art-ambulance" initiative; under this pseudonym he carries out socially critical actions, performances, and exhibitions.

Andreas Paeslack

b. 1966, lives in Berlin. Studied 1991-99 HfbK, Dresden. Production of numerous projects chiefly in Weimar and Dresden since 1997.

Wolfgang Petrick

www.deep-action.infob. 1939, lives in Berlin. Studied 1958-1965 at the UdK Berlin Berlin. Professor at the UdK Berlin since 1975. Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin since 1993.

Roman Schmelter

www.pictor-galerie.deb. 1959 in Poland, lives in Mainz. Studied commercial design until 1983 in Kattowitz, working thereafter as an art teacher and freelance artist. Lives in Germany since 1987.

Jochen Schmiddem

www.schmiddem-design.deb. 1961, lives in Berlin. Studied painting and sculpture 1984-86 in Aachen, and product design from 1986-92. Work in intl. design agencies. Founded Studio Schmiddem in 1997. Winner of various international design awards.

Guido Sieber

www.ateliersieber.deb. 1963, lives in Berlin. A self-taught illustrator and cartoonist, his work is published regularly in magazines and newspapers.

Andreas Silbermann

b. 1964, lives in Berlin. Studied at the HdK Brunswick.

Nora Stalzer

was born in 1973 in Vienna, Austria. In 2002 she completed her education in Architecture at the TU in Vienna. In 2003 degree from the Malerei und Grafik Akademie der bild. Künste, Vienna. Since 2000 she has been featured in individual and group exhibitions, and represented in galleries. Layr: Wüstenhagen, Vienna.

Norbert Thiel

b. 1961, lives in the Uckermark close to Berlin. Studied at the HdK Brunswick.

Silke Mary Vollmers

b. 1966 in Jakarta. Self-taught designer of furniture and objects made from airplane parts since 1996. Exhibitions at the Luftfahrt Museum Hanover and in the International Flight Exhibition AERO in Friedrichshaven.